ANGERS. Angers SCO tops Guingamp 1-0 after L. Diony scored just 1 goal (24′).

The match was played at the Stade Raymond Kopa stadium in Angers on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Faouzi Benchabane with the help of Matthieu Bonnetin and Djemel Zitouni. The 4th official was Romain Perpinan. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 10.99 degrees Celsius or 51.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Angers SCO was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Guingamp that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Guingamp was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Angers SCO managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Angers SCO shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Guingamp shot 21 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Angers SCO received 1 yellow card (Loïs Diony). On the opposite side, Guingamp received 3 yellow cards (Kalidou Sidibé, Dylan Louiserre and Donatien Gomis).

Standings

After playing this match, Angers SCO has 40 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Guingamp will stays with 27 points like Rodez and Paris to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Angers SCO will play away with Bastia on the 13th of January with a 7-3 head to head statistic in favor of Angers SCO (4 draws).

Guingamp will play away against Quevilly Rouen on the 13th of January with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Quevilly Rouen (3 draws).

Angers SCO – Formation

Angers SCO started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Alexandre Dujeux decided to play with the following team: Yahia Fofana (8.1), Yan Valery (7.9), Abdoulaye Bamba (6.7), Cédric Hountondji (7.7), Jordan Lefort (7.5), Zinedine Ferhat (7.7), Joseph Lopy (7.0), Pierrick Capelle (7.3), Farid El Melali (7.0), Himad Abdelli (7.0) and Loïs Diony (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ibrahima Niane, Zinédine Ould Khaled (6.3), Melvin Zinga, Adrien Hunou, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (6.6), Florent Hanin (6.7) and Lilian Raolisoa (6.7).

Substitutions

Angers SCO made 5 changes: Zinedine Ferhat for Lilian Raolisoa (66′), Farid El Melali for Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (66′), Loïs Diony for Ibrahima Niane (89′), Joseph Lopy for Zinédine Ould Khaled (80′) and Jordan Lefort for Florent Hanin (80′).

Player of the match: Yahia Fofana​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Angers SCO was the goalkeeper: Yahia Fofana. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

Guingamp – Formation

Guingamp started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Stéphane Dumont played with: Enzo Basilio (7.0), Maxime Sivis (7.1), Donatien Gomis (7.7), Mathis Riou (7.0), Ayman Ben Mohamed (8.2), Mehdi Merghem (8.5), Dylan Louiserre (6.4), Kalidou Sidibé (6.7), Amadou Sagna (6.7), Amine El Ouazzani (6.4) and Baptiste Guillaume (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Baptiste Roux (6.4), Vincent Manceau, Jacques Siwe (7.3), Gaëtan Courtet (6.7), Jonathan Iglesias, Hugo Picard (7.0) and Babacar Niasse.

Substitutions

Guingamp made 4 changes: Amadou Sagna for Jacques Siwe (74′), Dylan Louiserre for Baptiste Roux (74′), Baptiste Guillaume for Gaëtan Courtet (74′) and Kalidou Sidibé for Hugo Picard (61′).

Player of the match: Mehdi Merghem​

The player that probably impressed the most for Guingamp was Mehdi Merghem.

His rating is 8.5 with 36 passes (92% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Paris – Quevilly Rouen – 2-2
• Saint-Étienne – Bastia – 3-2
• Angers SCO – Guingamp – 1-0
• Concarneau – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-3
• Dunkerque – Bordeaux – 0-2
• Laval – Auxerre – 1-3
• Pau – Troyes – 1-1
• Annecy – Rodez – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Valenciennes – 2-1
• Amiens SC – Caen – 0-0